Vehicle-axle.



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VEHICLE AXLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1909.

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Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Application filed January 18, 1909.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

Serial No. 472,869.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. OULLISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worthington, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Axles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle axles, and the object isto provide means for preventing dust from coming in contact with theaxle.

A further object is to provide a cap for closing the end of the hub toprevent dust from collecting around the nut, 'which is screwed upon theaxle for retaining the wheel upon the axle.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal viewthrough-tlie axle and hub disclosing my invention; Fig. 2 is a View ofthe spindle; Fig. 3 is a view of the sleeve; and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveView of the cap and nut.

A represents the axle and B is the axle spindle. A flange 1 is formed atthe inner end of the spindle which extends above the main portion of theaxle A. A cylindrical shoulder 2 is formed at the inner end of thespindle. A sleeve C is constructed similarly to the spindle except thatit is hollow and is adapted to be received over the spindle and upon theshoulder 2. The sleeve is constructed with an inner flange 4C and acyliiidrical shoulder 5, which is adapted to receive the metal hub-box 6received in the hub 7 of the wheel. The hub-box is made to conform tothe shape of the sleeve as is usual in the construction of the hub of awheel.

The outer end of the spindle B is screw? Agated shank l0, which'ishollow, and preferably made square to receive a wrench for screwing orunscrewing the nut on the axle.

A circumferential groove 11 is formed on the shank and received in thegroove is a collar 12 and is held thereon by a nut l5. Mounted on thecollar is a cylindrical band 13, which is fastened thereto by nails orother means. The band is adapted to be received in an annular groove orrecess 14 formed on the end of the hub. The collar and band form a capto prevent dust or other foreign matter from coming in contact with theaxle or spindle. rIhe collar -is loosely mounted upon the shank of thenut so that it will in no wise interfere with the movement of the nut,but it is capable of rotating with the nut.

The sleeve will receive the entire wear or practically the entire wear,and the spindle of the axle will receive little or no wear from therotation of the wheel upon the sleeve. The sleeve, after becoming worn,can be re moved and a new sleeve substituted. The sleeve can be mountedon the spindle and will be retained in position by coming in contactwith the flange and shoulder of the spindle and by the nut which isscrewed on `the outer end'of the spindle, the nut at the same timeretaining the hub on the wheel upon the sleeve, due to its engagementwith Vone end of the hub-box; the other or inner end of the hub-boxcoming in contact with the iiange on the sleeve. By providing meanswhereby a new sleeve can be substituted saves the expense of removing a`spindle and welding a new spindle upon the axle.

The sleeve can be manufactured at a less cost than building an entirelynew spindle.

It is evident that more or less slight changes might be resorted to inthe form and arrangement of the several parts described withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my iiivent-ion, and hence I donot wish to be limited to the exact construction herein set forth, but:

Having fully described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with an axle having a spindle, of a hub mounted onthe axle, a nut received Yon the spindle for retaining the hub inposition, a Cap loosely mounted on the nut for preventing foreign inatter from coming in Contact with the axle, and means oonnut preventingdust from coming in Contact nected to the nut for retaining the cap inwith the nut and axle. l0 position. In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature,

2. The combination with an axle having a in the presence of tWoWitnesses. spindle, of a. sleeve mounted on the spindle, CHARLES T.CULLISON. a hub mounted on the sleeve, a nut received Witnesses: uponthe spindle `for retaining the hub inV TAYLOR MEssiox,

position, and a cap loosely journaled on the THOMAS H. GREENsLi-m.

